Page 51 - 1925 November - To Dragma

TO DRAGMA OF ALPHA OMICRON PI 131

companion chaperon. With burned or browned cheeks, and bright eyes
we ended the year with a huge burst of happiness.

Summer brought us convention news, round robins, and rapid-fire corres-
pondence on the subject of rushing.

With last years Senior class went a fine representation of A O H s and
because of losing so many, we feared our strength in rushing. But fool-
ish indeed were our fears. Without any attempt at self-flattery, we find
our position on campus relatively the highest. We hold many of the major
offices, have good reason to expect the scholarship cup, and have the largest
per cent of those girls who give rival fraternities that hopeless feeling
during rushing. With a large and unusually good freshman class to pick
from, we feel the harmonious strength and energy of the Chapter will
bring us out on top. I suppose that when this letter is being read it will
be all over with and A O I I pledge buttons gleaming over the hearts of the
cream of the freshman class.

An important step toward a cleaner, less nerve racking, rushing period,
we feel we have accomplished in Panhellenic by the introduction of a system
of preferential bidding.

Unless some unconceivable storm lies hidden in these cloudless skies,
we shall have royal rushing results to report in the next issue.

RUTH FIELD.

GAMMA—UNIVERSITY OF MAINE

After a carefree vacation, we are back at school full of zest for a
successful rushing season. We miss our last year's seniors and wonder what
we will do without them. "Connie" Osgood. '28, and Anna Torrens, '27, are
also among the missing ones. "Connie" has left us for Miss Lesly's
Kindergarten School in Cambridge, Mass., and Anna is at the Conserva-
tory of Music in Boston. We wish them every success.

We were very pleased to have so many of our Alumnae back for our
first meeting. At that time, Beulah Osgood, Gamma president, told us
all about convention and the good time she had. We certainly were envious
of her.

This year we are under very strict rushing rules. No personal rush-
ing is allowed. Each fraternity is allowed one party a week for four
weeks (the length of the rushing season) at which parties, men are
"minus quantity."

On Oct. 4th, under the able supervision of "Fran" Brewer, our rush-
ing captain, we entertained thirty Freshmen at tea at the home of one of our
Bangor Alumnae, Mrs. Helen Danforth West.

Invitations are now out for an all-day picnic to be held October 11,
at Green Lake, about twenty-five miles from here. The trip will be made
by auto and a corking time is anticipated.

Charlotte Osgood, originally of the Class of '26, is back again with us.
"Cracker" Ring, '23, and Ascha Bean, '22, are both doing graduate work
here. We are fortunate indeed to have these three Alpha O's with us this
year.

Cards have been received announcing the engagement of "Dot" Fifield,
'25, to Raymond (Fat) Lunge. '25 2 N .

Several of our younger alumnae spent the summer abroad namely:
Ruth Spear, "Pat" O'Brien, Molly Perkins and "Jackie" Jackson.

Frances Brewer is president of Mount Vernon House.
Helen Peabody is Associate Editor of the Prism, the Junior Year Book.
Olevia Newcomb, "Eddie" Bartlett, "Fran" Fuller, Helen Peabody and
"Bobbie" White, are all out for hockey.
Serena Wood and Clara Peabody are on the Y . W . Board.
So you see, we're quite busy way "down East" here, and are looking
forward to a wonderful year. We leave a splendid class of Freshmen and
good prospects for rushing.

FRANCES FULLER.